Neck-yoke and pole-strap connection.



O. B. SUHLEIUHER.

NECK YOKE AND POLE STRAP CONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1909.

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GHARLES B. SCI-ILEIGHER, F BRADY, NEBRASKA.

NEGK-YGKE AND POLE-$TRAP CONNECTION.

T 0 all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. SGHLEI- CHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brady, in the county of Lincoln and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neck-Yoke and Pole-Strap Connections, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to neck-yokes for carriages and wagons, and more particularly to devices for connecting the ends of neckyokes with the pole-straps of the harness.

It is the object of my invention to provide a simple and convenient connecting device for this purpose, which will not be liable to be accidentally disconnected, and which may be used interchangeably with the ordiiary pole-strap connection consisting of a simple stirrup at the end of the yer-1e, through which the pole-sthap may be passed Devices embodying my invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of one end of the neck-yoke having my connecting device, thereon, Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line w:c of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4: is an end elevation of the yoke with the pole-strap connected directly therewith.

In carrying out my invention the yoke 1 is provided at each end with a ferrule or thimble 2, at the lower side of which is a stirrup-piece 3 having an opening therein through which the pole-strap A may be passed as shown in Fig. 41;. The connector body comprises the rings l and 5 vhich are of such a diameter as to pass over the thimble 2, the said rings being connected and held in axial alinement with each other by a bar 6. The bar 6 is formed integrally with the rings, and on the outer side thereof is a stirrup 7 which forms a loop for connection with the pole-strap A. The length of the connecting bar 6 is such that when the rings 4t and 5 are on the thimble 2 the thimble stirrup may be inclosed bet-ween them, as shown in Fig. 1, and the bar is at such a distance from the bore of the rings that the connector body may be rotated upon the thimble and the stirrup 3 pass under the bar. In the bore of the ring 5 is a longitudinal groove 8 of a size such as to permit the ring to be passed over the thimble-stirrup 3 when the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 30, 190E).

position thereof is coincident with the groove.

Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

Serial No. 486,810.

Thus the connector body may be readily enaged with and disengaged from the yoke by 'otating the body to a position such that the stirrup and groove will coincide, and then moving the connector body longitudinally onto or off of the thimble.

From Figs. 2 and 3 it will be apparent that when the connector body is in its normal position, with the polestrap A attached thereto and in the position assumed when in use, there is no possibility of the connector body being accident-ally disengaged from the yoke, since the groove 8 does not coincide with the stirrup 3.

By having the stirrup 3 on the thimble instead of a solid projecting body for engagement with the connector body, the latter may be left attached to the pole-straps of the harness ordinarily used .vith the yoke, and in the event that it should be desired to use the yoke with other harness, the pole-straps may be connected with the yoke in the ordinary way, passing the straps through the stirrup, as shown in Fig. 4.

N ow, having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. The combination with a neck-yoke and a thimble secured on the end thereof, of a stirrup carried by the thimble. a. connector body comprising two rings axially alined and spaced apart by a connecting bar, one of the rings having a longitudinal groove in the bore thereof to permit the same to pass over the thimble and stirrup thereon, and a stirrup arranged on the connector body and adapted for engagement with a pole-strap.

2. The combination with a neck-yoke and a thimble secured on the end thereof, of a longitudinal projecting member arranged at one side of the thimble, a connector body comprising a pair of rings adapted to pass over the thimble, and a bar connecting the rings to hold the same in axial alinement and space the same apart a distance equal to the length of the projecting member on the thimble, one of the rings having a longitu- Zdinal groove in the bore thereof to permit the same to be passed over the projecting member on the thimble.

3. The combination with a neckyoke and a thimble secured on the end thereof, of a stirrup arranged at one side of the thimble and adapted for engagement with a polestrap, and an integral connector body coinprising a stirrup adapted for engagement on the thimble and the bar pass over the with e pole-strap, a connecting bar adjoin- 13- ing the stirrup, and a ring carried at each 111 FQSUIHODY ereO I have hereunto 6 d 0f he Said bar, the rings being axial} subscribed my name in the presence of two 5 alined and adapted to fit over the thilnble, \V1t11eSS6S- one of the rings having a groove in the bore CHARLES B SGHLEIGHER thereof adapting the same to pass over the thiinble-stirrup, and the connecting bar be- Vitnesses:

ing so disposed relatively to the bore of the D. O. BARNELL,

l0 rings that the connector body may be rotated ROY G. KRATZ. 

